Republican challenger Lynn Swann, the former Pittsburgh Steeler, has gained no ground on Gov.
Ed Rendell in their race for Governor and trails the Democratic incumbent 55 - 31 percent,
according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.

This compares to a 55 - 33 percent Rendell lead in a May 12 survey by the independent
Quinnipiac (KWIN uh-pe-ack) University poll.

"The Lynn Swann campaign is dead in the water while the Rendell juggernaut continues to
charge forward. Swann is gaining no ground on the popular Democratic Governor and, in fact, is
having trouble within his own party, where more than a quarter of Republicans are supporting
Rendell," said Clay F. Richards, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

The Governor gets a 44 - 22 percent favorability, with 23 percent mixed and 10 percent
who haven't heard enough to form an opinion.

Voter opinion of Swann is 23 - 14 percent favorable, with 12 percent mixed and 50
percent who don't know enough to form an opinion.

Pennsylvania voters split 46 - 46 percent on whether they would vote against their local
state legislators just because those legislators voted for a pay raise which later was rescinded. But
57 percent of voters say they don't know how their local lawmakers voted on the pay raise.

"The legislature's repealed pay raise remains a volatile issue in this campaign, and
lawmakers in Western and Central Pennsylvania remain vulnerable to the voters' wrath if they
voted in favor of the pay raise," Richards said.

Voters split 39 - 41 percent on their approval of the way Rendell is handling property
taxes.

By a 55 - 35 percent margin, voters support raising the state sales tax if it means reducing
local property taxes.

"Lawmakers may want to take another look at hiking the state sales tax. Voters say they
would back such a hike if it meant lower property taxes," Richards said.

From June 13 - 19, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,076 Pennsylvania voters with a
margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points.

The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., conducts public
opinion surveys in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida and the nation as
a public service and for research.

For additional data-www.quinnipiac.edu and quicklinks

1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Ed Rendell is handling his job as
Governor?

TREND: Would you support raising the state sales tax if it meant lowering
property taxes?

Jun 22 Apr 5
2006 2006

Yes 55 50
No 35 44
DK/NA 11 7

18. As you may know, last year the state legislature voted itself a pay raise,
then later voted to repeal it. Do you happen to know whether your state
representative and state senator voted for the original pay raise, voted against
the original pay raise, or don't you happen to know?